This is an analysis of the poem Women I Know that begins with:
Strong are the women
In my family....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABACAA d eaffgg dhi XXdged ABACAAbj kdi kjaAhglmmXm cmnhgdm em AaodXoghkh XkdXhllf hnaXafek
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,1,6,3,6,8,3,11,7,2,10,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010 01100 10011 10101 01111 10111 111111 100010 1011110 101110 00101 111 1010011 11 11 11111 1111 111101 11101 1101011101 11010 01 11010 01100 10011 10101 01111 10111 10101100 1101011 1 1 1111111 11111 101110 101 11 1101110100 110010 111110 10010001 1011101011 111001100101 110101 1110101 0010111001 011011 1110101 01101100 11010 0101 110 11000111 11 0111010 010011 1011 01110000 11 111 01 1001011001 11111 1 1 111001 10000 111111 01101010 10101010 0100010010 11111 101 10100101 1010 1101 0010 1011010 01111
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 79
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, wedding, after are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, to, i are repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines wedding is repeated).
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- summary of Women I Know;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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